Catherine Walsh Linton was born 149 years ago – July 13, 1862. Catherine was the daughter of John Walsh (sometimes the name is spelled Welsh), born in Galway, Ireland, April 1, 1826, and died in Rockcastle County, Kentucky, April 2, 1871; and Sarah Hollard, born January 12, 1826, […]
While researching in Prince William County, Virginia, ten years ago, Ritchey and I found Linton Hall School. It, indeed, had significance with our Linton family. Land that had been handed down through the generations came to the last daughter – Sarah E. Linton, daughter of John Tyler Linton […]
Euphemia Nesbitt Linton was born 165 years ago – July 12, 1839, in Virginia, to James Nesbitt Linton and Rachel M. Humphreys. She was the granddaughter of William Linton and Euphemia Nesbitt; and William Humphreys and Hannah Dolan.
A Genealogy Hunt for Two Brothers’ Graves Moses Linton, son of Captain John Linton and Nancy Mason, married Nancy Pead in Orange County, Virginia, December 17, 1800. Two of their children, Benjamin Clark and Nancy Millie, were born in Loudoun County, Virginia. In 1815 they moved their small […]
Margaret Willett, wife of Moses Linton (grandson of Captain John Linton), was the daughter of George W. S. Willett and Nancy Hancock. She is buried in Gethsemani Abbey Cemetery. This photo was taken in 2003, while researching for Richard Linton. This photo of the same gravestone was taken […]
Note by Phyllis Brown: Edward Barber Edwards and Nancy Linton are my great-great-great-great-grandparents. They made the journey from Loudoun County, Virginia, to Washington County, Kentucky, in 1818 with Nancy’s parents, Captain John and Ann Nancy Mason Linton. The following was given to me by my dear friend Sally […]
This picture – which now hangs in my kitchen – hung in my grandmother’s kitchen from my very first remembrance. This, along with the food she cooked, are ingrained in my mind. When I dream of my grandmother’s house, this picture is in my dreams. Grandmother was a […]
Note by Phyllis Brown: Benjamin Mason is the father of Captain John Linton’s wife – Ann Nancy Mason Linton. He was first married to Elizabeth Berkeley, who preceded her husband in death, and second married Ann – I have no record of her last name. I believe his […]
This photograph looks very old and ragged – much the way John Cotton Taylor must have felt before he died. This man is my great-great-great-grandfather. He was part of the contingent who moved westward to Kentucky with Captain John Linton. John Cotton was a member of the Loudoun […]
Note by Phyllis Brown: The following is a letter to my great-grandmother, Frances Barber Linton Montgomery, a great-granddaughter of Captain John Linton. Hugh Linton was her cousin, a great-great-grandchild of the Captain. They corresponded for many years – with interspersed trips to Springfield – I’m not sure that […]
Isaiah and Lydia Ross Hill
1929 Wedding
Revolutionary War heroes and families.
Ritchey's Paternal Grandmother
George and Caroline's Wedding Day
Klein Sod House